Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In Context
Cross References
Job 1:21He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."
Job 31:40let briars grow instead of wheat,and stinkweed instead of barley."The words of Job are ended.
Psalms 104:2He covers himself with light as with a garment.He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.
Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked:whoever guards his soul stays from them.
Isaiah 5:6I will lay it a wasteland.It won't be pruned nor hoed,but it will grow briers and thorns.I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it."
Isaiah 7:24People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:18-20
Sentence Passed on Adam; Consequences of the Fall. ( b. c. 4004.) 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for… Read the whole commentary →